The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is being urged to investigate the forced sterilisation of children, amid concerns young people with a disability are at much of higher risk of being sexually abused.
Submissions to the royal commission have painted a harrowing picture of widespread abuse experienced by disabled children at educational institutions, including violence and neglect.
“Often the unacceptable is seen as acceptable because the child has a disability,” Children with Disability Australia (CDA) chief executive Stephanie Gotlib said.
While there is no Australian data on the subject, international research suggests that children with a disability are about three times more likely to be sexually abused than other children.
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